My experience with Linux is mostly "I need to do “thing”. Spend like 10 minutes searching for how to do thing. Find the app that does it. Spend another 10 minutes figuring out how to navigate the UI. Try to do thing. There’s some error due to the file being on a network share, or another package needs to be installed or it only works if you do it in one particular unintuitive way the developers came up with. Spend another 20 minutes to 3 hours looking online and trying to decipher documentation and trying shit to get it working. Probably about 50% successful overall.
I do not find it “Fun” the only reason I’m trying is because of the rate Windows is also breaking shit I do. Really just hating dealing with computers at all these days.
Is there a FUN distro?
I used to love Slackware, cause it was completely different from all modern distros and I thought it didn’t take itself too seriously.
Boy was I wrong when I peaked behind the curtain.But are there others that are kinda made with a smile and a wink?
I was looking at Puppy and RebeccaBlackOS. but am open to suggestions.Plot twist: It’s the Dwarf Fortress kind of fun
oh it’s the “au lot” guy
It is fun in the same sense that getting slapped by you partner is fun.
You have to be the type.
I ditched Windows for Linux some weeks ago precisely so that my OS stops fucking me over.
Windows slaps you because what are you gonna do about it
Linux slaps you because be better than this
I feel this. I’ve been spending two hours trying to get my wireless Xbox controller to work… Installing the xone packages causes freezes and kernel panicks…
Weird, I use arch (btw) and a generic Bluetooth driver and have had zero issues with my wireless Xbox controller… Never needed xbox-specific packages
I am using the Microsoft dongle. Maybe that’s why…
Yep, that’s why. If your controller is new enough, use Bluetooth.
Pretty much connect & play via Bluetooth.
What distro are you using?
Arch BTW
Just saw that its probably the Xbox dongle.
I use EOS and a asus usb-bt500 and everything worked with that as the proper drivers seem to be in the kernel(?).
Maybe get a generic USB Bluetooth adapter and the check for bluez package. Don’t forget to enable the Bluetooth.Service.
Hmmm… that’s strange. Afaik, Xbox controllers should be very well supported out of the box in most distros.
Ahhhh, I see. I did a bit of reading out of curiousity. You’re looking to have it work wirelessly. Hmm. I see a forum post troubleshooting the same thing recommending a package called xpadneo. There’s a github page for it here and it seems to have some package maintainers in a handful of distros (you can use the manual method if your distro isn’t listed).
I checked it on the AUR, the most up to date maintained package was from last December, so the app seems fairly up to date(ish). If you want to see the forum post I was talking about its this one.
Good luck, hope you get it working.
I think that has been replaced with the xone package? The arch wiki recommended that at least. I am sometimes not sure I am ready for Linux. Been trying the past year to switch using a handful of different distros and they always have issues, a lack of features or I manage to break them. Like now my screen also flickers (probably HDR or vrr related) and I can’t find anything about it. And sleep is broken. And visual glitches. You catch my drift? Haha
Hm, well it looks like others have been putting out some good troubleshooting tips for the controller. Linux should have kernel modules to deal with every controller and it’s wireless. I know my Dualsense works wirelessly out of the box with everything because of the hid_playstation module
Sleep and hibernation is a well known common issue. I feel like its more hardware related than software, as some people have no issue and some need to do a little tinkering to get it to work. I know my PC will hibernate but not sleep. Or vice versa. I can never remember because I don’t like my PC going to sleep on principle. I haven’t done any troubleshooting because I don’t use it anyway. I just know there are a ton of fixes floating around on the web for you to try.
Flickering and visual glitches is something I used to have. I used to get weird diagonal lines across my screen when certain colors would be in a certain position. There’s a few things that could do this. First, if you’re using an Nvidia card, be sure to use proprietary drivers on Linux install rather than Nouveau. Nouveau is getting better, but still isn’t quite ready for gaming imo.
Second, you could try another video output. I fixed my diagonal lines by switching from Display Port to HDMI. My friend suggested it and I was sure it wouldn’t work, but to my surprise it did. Third, if you’re using Wayland you could try to switch to X11 (or vice versa if you’re using X11).
Thank you for your very detailed comment. I love how helpful the Linux community is tbh. I was mostly ranting and didn’t actually expect solutions. Thank you anyway! Sadly not using HDR and lower than 175Hz+3440x1440 is not why i bought my hardware so i don’t think HDMI or x11 will do. Thank for the suggestions anyways!
Ahhh, I see. There should be others that have run into the same issues you have. Don’t give up! I’m sure you’ll run across something that works.
Linux is a great community to be in. I will say that before it rose in gaming popularity, there was a lot of gatekeeping, though. But in the end, 99% of Linux users are just people that go, “I KNOW this can work, and I won’t stop until either I break my system or I figure out how it works.”
You’re using Microsoft’s dongle or your own Bluetooth one?
The Microsoft one!
It’s fun once you get all your stuff working and know what you’re doing. Even then it can be a challenge at times. I started in 1998 with suse Linux and it was just a brag back then.
Yeah, moving files among FS and loading programs from disk to RAM is FUN! Or do you use OSes for something else?
We make the colours on the glowing rectangle change in a pleasing way.
I like to game how I can use as few key presses as possible to get my desired colours to show up. Sometimes figuring that out is even more fun than the end result.
Well, OS has nothing to do with rectangle coloring :) When I was a kid we didn’t even have color rectangles. We had paper rectangles with holes. Holes are fun of course, but not very.
Well, OS has nothing to do with rectangle coloring :)
I suppose that is true. I think most people view “the OS” as synonymous with the kernel and what associated applications enable you to do (obligatory GNU/Linux copypasta). That’s usually how I think of it, though I know it’s not accurate.
It’s a bit like including the sinks and shower when you talk about “the plumbing” in your house. Depends on your experience and what level of abstraction you’re thinking in. I see by your comments that you’re using a much more rigorous definition of “OS.” :)
Computers? Fun!? Whatever, nerds.
